The Official 2024 MLB Season Thread
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But the pitch clock...
This tweet is gold.
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Jose cuas fukkin sucks 
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The cubs were just up 8-0 
6th inning was a disaster tf
6th inning was a disaster tf
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Didn’t he also start throwing the split in Toronto?
So this video is a couple of days old and it may have already been posted here but I'm not going back pages trying to find it.
Reasonable take by Verlander here.
You have guys trying to throw as hard as they can, spin the baseball as much as they can. And because statistically there is a success correlated with it, everyone is trying to do that and teams are promoting it from the Majors down to every level.
That much I agree with.
I'm not sure about his idea to incentivize pitching deeper into games and how that connects to the DH. I was a bit lost on that part.
But the solution to me remains obvious -- don't throw as hard, and change speeds.
Yes, a 100 mph fastball is harder to hit than a 93 mph fastball. Yes, that's going to correlate well with pitcher success.
BUT, there is a risk vs reward that has to be considered here. Is it worth it to push all your guys to throw as hard as they can and dramatically increase injury risk?
I would argue that it isn't.
And the thing is -- teams ALREADY consider risk vs reward in pitching. That's why they cap innings and pitch counts to begin with. I think that's misguided, but they already do that. So logically you'd think they would try to push pitchers to cap their throwing speeds, too. Or said better -- just don't max out as much.
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Reasonable take by Verlander here.
You have guys trying to throw as hard as they can, spin the baseball as much as they can. And because statistically there is a success correlated with it, everyone is trying to do that and teams are promoting it from the Majors down to every level.
That much I agree with.
I'm not sure about his idea to incentivize pitching deeper into games and how that connects to the DH. I was a bit lost on that part.
But the solution to me remains obvious -- don't throw as hard, and change speeds.
Yes, a 100 mph fastball is harder to hit than a 93 mph fastball. Yes, that's going to correlate well with pitcher success.
BUT, there is a risk vs reward that has to be considered here. Is it worth it to push all your guys to throw as hard as they can and dramatically increase injury risk?
I would argue that it isn't.
And the thing is -- teams ALREADY consider risk vs reward in pitching. That's why they cap innings and pitch counts to begin with. I think that's misguided, but they already do that. So logically you'd think they would try to push pitchers to cap their throwing speeds, too. Or said better -- just don't max out as much.
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Professor K.
rap game Paul Millsap
Not to be the grammar police, but his use of "pandemic" instead of "epidemic" makes me wonder is this a problem in Japan/Korea? What about Mexican/Cuban leagues? Or is it just a thing here?
WhatsGoodTy
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This is why @CHICAGO won’t pin this thread
Why we gotta suffer cause the white Sox sux
We can’t rewind to 2005 breh
Why we gotta suffer cause the white Sox sux
We can’t rewind to 2005 breh
WhatsGoodTy
Ya feel me
All that extra data they get ends up turning them into Mr.GlassSo this video is a couple of days old and it may have already been posted here but I'm not going back pages trying to find it.
Reasonable take by Verlander here.
You have guys trying to throw as hard as they can, spin the baseball as much as they can. And because statistically there is a success correlated with it, everyone is trying to do that and teams are promoting it from the Majors down to every level.
That much I agree with.
I'm not sure about his idea to incentivize pitching deeper into games and how that connects to the DH. I was a bit lost on that part.
But the solution to me remains obvious -- don't throw as hard, and change speeds.
Yes, a 100 mph fastball is harder to hit than a 93 mph fastball. Yes, that's going to correlate well with pitcher success.
BUT, there is a risk vs reward that has to be considered here. Is it worth it to push all your guys to throw as hard as they can and dramatically increase injury risk?
I would argue that it isn't.
And the thing is -- teams ALREADY consider risk vs reward in pitching. That's why they cap innings and pitch counts to begin with. I think that's misguided, but they already do that. So logically you'd think they would try to push pitchers to cap their throwing speeds, too. Or said better -- just don't max out as much.
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the tablet says throw harder to get a 0.5 increase to your spin rate…say what’s up to tommy John for me
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Whatever happened to that fool Wander Franco?